Four Corners – ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – F – Four Corners – Movie Recommendation
Director: Ian Gabriel
Writer: Hofmeyr Scholtz, Terence Hammond (Screenplay)
Writer: Ian Gabriel (Story)
Cast
- Brendon Daniels
- Jezriel Skei
- Lindiwe Matshikiza
- Irshaad Ally
- Abduragman Adams
Plot: Fatherless and raised by his grandmother, thirteen year old Ricardo Galam lives in South Africa’s Cape Flats. A unique and volatile sub culture dominated by two Number gangs, the 26 and 28. Ricardo’s future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. Unknown to Ricardo, the father he’s never known has been released from prison. Farakhan, a reformed general in the 28, is back in his old neighbourhood, an intruder in 26 territory. In a story that is at times raw and violent at other times touching and true.
Runtime: 1 Hour 59 Minutes
